Overuse of radiation therapy services when urologists profit through self-referral
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 11:00
in Health & Medicine
A comprehensive review of Medicare claims for more than 45,000 patients from 2005 through 2010 found that nearly all of the 146 percent increase in intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for prostate cancer among urologists with an ownership interest in the treatment was due to self-referral, according to new research.